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Louisiana  : 
Conf  Pam  12mo  #846 

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LOUISIANA. 


A  PATRIOTIC  ODE. 


Louisiana !  dear  Pelican  mother  arise, 
Seize  the  lightnings  that  'lumine  the  vault  of  the  skies, 
Grasp  the  weapons  of  war,  for  thy  valor  is  known , 
And  the  tyrant  shall  tremble  on  Washington's  throne. 

Go  forth  like  a  flame,  in  the  forest  afar, 
Sound  the  trump  of  thy  triumph  from  liberty's  car, 
Rend  the  chains  of  oppression — be  monarchy  hurled, 
And  thy  glory  shall  gladden  the  gloom  of  the  world. 

Th'  avalanche  of  the  Alps  shall  not  strike  more  alarms 
To  dread  monarchy's  monsters,  than  Southrons  arms  ; 
An  eruption  of  ^Etna  less  dread  shall  impart, 
Than  Louisiana's  valor,  best  vein  of  her  heart. 

How  long  shall  the  sceptre  of  white  negroes  wave 
O'er  the  wish  of  the  South,  and  the  blades  of  the  brave, 
How  long  shall  old  Lincoln  and  Seward  unite, 
To  extinguish  the  lamp  of  thy  liberty's  light  ? 

Louisiana  !  arise,  in  the  strength  of  thy  might. 

Go  forth  in  thy  pride  to  the  field  of  the  fight ; 

Let  the  wrath  of  thy  wrongs  nerve  the  arm  of  the  brave, 

And  the  march  of  the  Northmen  shall  be  to  the  grave. 


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